Farmer decision making: general

MtM ABM documentation

Author

David O’Sullivan

Published

February 14, 2025

Date Changes
2024-12-17 Initial post.

Top level farmer decision flowchart

flowchart TB
  A((START))
  B[Age farmers and<br>replace any that exit]
  C[Update income, costs, and<br>profit of holdings and farms]
  E{For each<br>farmer...}
  F{Any<br>loss-making<br>holdings?}
  G["<span style='font-family:monospace'>options</span> &larr; {}"]
  H{Farm<br>losing money<br>overall?}
  I[Add possible<br>all of farm land use<br>changes to <span style="font-family:monospace;">options</span>]
  J[Add possible<br>per holding land use<br>changes to <span style="font-family:monospace;">options</span>]
  K[Choose among choices<br>in  <span style="font-family:monospace;">options</span>]
  L[Compile list of<br>possible interventions<br>per holding]
  M[Choose and possibly<br>implement interventions]
  N{More<br>farmers?}
  T[Update map and plots]
  Z((END))
  A --> B
  B --> C
  C --> E
  E --> F
  F -->|Y| G
  F -->|N| L
  G --> H
  H -->|Y| I
  H -->|N| J
  I --> J
  J --> K
  K --> N
  L --> M
  M --> N
  N -->|Y| E
  N -->|N| T
  T --> Z